One Time`s Got No Case

<br>I`ll be askin` the questions, Leroy.<br> Hey my name ain`t Leroy, Man.<br> Ya, alright Jerome. Out of the car.<br> Man, why I gotta be Jerome, man? Why can`t I be Tommy, or Phillip, or<br>something?<br> Just put your hands on the hood, Mohammad.)<br>It`s the man that you love to hate.<br>Commin` out of Washington State.<br>Cops don`t like my profile.<br>`Cause Mix-a-lot kicks much style.<br>So the man is on my trail.<br>He want to take Mix to jail.<br>If he does, I make the bail.<br>`Cause I know a lot of rich females.<br>I`m shakin` `em just like this.<br>Keepin` that porche in fifth.<br>King county. Cops don`t quit.<br>Even when a young brother`s legit.<br>So they follow me wherever I go.<br>I hear `em on the radio.<br>With a scanner that I bought from the store.<br>`Cause a brother like Mix gotta know.<br>I`m checkin` them cops with radar.<br>They don`t believe I`m a rap star.<br>`Cause my brain is up to par.<br>And I`m ready when they follow my car.<br>I know they want to spray me with mace.<br>`Cause my truck keep pumpin much base.<br>But they best get out of my face.<br>`Cause one time`s got no case.<br>GIVE IT TO ME<br>ONE TIME`S GOT NO CASE<br>The police think I`m movin them keys.<br>They trip `cause I crock much dees.<br>They pull a gat and they yell out freeze.<br>I`m wippin out my ID.<br>My gat sits unda my seat.<br>The cops throw me out in the street.<br>They found my gun like deat.<br>Officer Friendly has got a new beat.<br>So I show `em my gun permit.<br>I told them I roll legit.<br>And they test to see if I`m drinkin`<br>They claim my breath was stinkin`<br>They had me walk out on the line.<br>I walked backwards, stopped on a dime.<br>My female just reclines.<br>`Cause she knows I know the TIME!<br>I`m hip to the cop procedure.<br>They get `cha every time they see ya.<br>They stop ya. They cuff ya.<br>They roll ya and they rough ya.<br>They ask what I do for a livin`<br>Should this information be given?<br>This is what keeps me driven.<br>Some cops want a brother in prison.<br>So I got me a few attournies.<br>Just incase a cop want to burn me.<br>They protect me from the state.<br>`Cause one time`s got no case.<br>BRING IT ON DOWN<br>(Cops don`t like me)<br>ONE TIME`S GOT NO CASE<br>(Cops don`t like me)<br>A cops asks me what`s my name: I don`t lie.<br>And I`m askin` officer why.<br>Why you want to mess with a rebel like Mix,<br>When you know I`m livin` legit?<br>The cop said don`t get smart.<br>I tear soul brothers apart.<br>I said while take off your gun if you want to get done,<br>and I`ll show you that I ain`t the one.<br>The cop rolled up his fist.<br>Put the hand cuffs on my wrist.<br>Then he threw a straight jab and he missed.<br>A female cop pulls up, and she`s pissed.<br>But this cop had K9.<br>A soul sister, yes she`s fine.<br>I said why don`t `cha help a brother out of bind.<br>But that badge was going to her mind.<br>So she stuck a billy-club in my back.<br>She said, don`t think because your black,<br>That I won`t beat you, crack. Hit you with the gat, huh.<br>Hard enough it starts to last.<br>So they took me on down to the jail.<br>PLB came to pay my bail.<br>Then we called Goldstein and Claire.<br>There`s my lawyers, walkin` up the stairs.<br>To the court room, dressed in suits.<br>`Bout to give a couple cops the boot.<br>So the female cop takes the stand.<br>Took her oath with the wrong damn hand.<br>My lawyers ate her up like catfish.<br>The other cop plays the fifth.<br>She lost her job. I seen a few tears on her face.<br>Sorry, baby. One time`s got no case.<br>HA HA HA<br>ONE TIME`S GOT NO CASE<br>ONE TIME`S GOT NO CASE<br>Ya, you all hate to see a brother get smart outa here, don`t `cha?<br>I fought with the brain, and not the gat<br>Peace, and I`m outa here.<br>Lyrics transcribed by Morris Singer<br>iceman686@geocities.com